Nipsey Hussle

Ermias Davidson Asghedom (15 August 1985-31 March 2019), known professionally as Nipsey Hussle, was an African-American rapper from Los Angeles, California who was murdered in 2019.

Biography
Ermias Davidson Asghedom was born in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California in 1985, the son of an Eritrean father and an African-American mother. He became a member of the Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips gang, and he became a rapper in 2005, giving his first mixtape. He emerged from the West Coast hip-hop scene in the mid-2000s and became known for his mixtapes including his Bullets Ain't Got No Name and The Marathon series; the rapper Jay-Z bought 100 copies of his mixtape Crenshaw for $100 each. In February 2018, he made his debut studio album, Victory Lap, and it was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019. At 3:25 PM, he was shot multiple times in the parking lot of his clothing store, Marathon Clothing, on West Slauson Avenue, while two others were wounded. He died at the hospital; the suspect fled in a vehicle.